03 January 2022

China Progresses In Nuclear Fusion

China's efforts to build a viable nuclear fusion reactor has made significant progress, although it remains far from being economically viable.
China's "artificial sun" set a new world record on Thursday by running for 1,056 seconds at high plasma temperature, the longest duration for an experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) fusion energy reactor. . . . EAST already scored a previous record in May, running for 101 seconds at a temperature of 120 million degrees Celsius.
From here.

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